church, world and the christian life

General Secretaries of the Baptist Union

John Howard Shakespeare (General Secretary 1898-1924), started the Baptist United Fund in 1920 (which is later renamed the Baptist Home Mission). See The Making of a Modern Denomination: John Howard Shakespeare and the English Baptist 1898-1924 by Peter Shepherd (Paternoster, 2001)

M E Aubrey (General Secretary 1925-51)

Ernest A. Payne (b.1902-d.1980) (General Secretary 1951-1967). See Outlook for Christianity: Essays Presented to Dr. Ernest A. Payne in the occasion of his retirement from the office of General Secretary of the BUGB edited by Leonard Champion and To Be A Pilgrim: Memoir of Ernest Payne by W. M. S. West (1983)

David S. Russell (General Secretary 1967-1982) . See Bible, Church and World. a Supplement to the Baptist Quarterly Published in Honour of Dr. D. S. Russell, edited by J. H. Y. Briggs (Baptist Historical Society, 1989)

Bernard Green (General Secretary 1982-1991)

David Coffey (General Secretary1991-2006, President of the BWA, 2005-2010, moderator of the Free Churches, Co-President of Churches Together in England)